The Municipal Bridge was closed due to the flood waters. Depicted in this image is the Gate House (Toll booths) on the Indiana side. The picture was taken from the bridge, looking north. Visible behind the tollbooth's are the buildings of the...

A popular place for lunch, to pick up homemade candy as a present, or for an ice cream sundae, Schimpff's has been in business since 1891. The building is older and has withstood three major floods. The owners have marked the flood levels on the...

Spring Street shows some signs of clearing, the road has only a think layer of mud in some places, From the car parked in front of the O'Bryant and Clark clothing store, traffic is moving. There are multiple large piles of debris and plywood is...

Taken in February 1937, just after the majority of the Flood waters have receded, this photo is evidence of the havoc created by the 1937 Flood. The Pfau Building at 325 - 329 Spring Street has completely lost its windows and facade. If there...

The Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington received an LSTA Grant to scan, markup, and make available the Brevier Legislative Reports. The Reports are a transcription of the proceedings of the Indiana General Assembly from the...

The first of three aerial photographs taken showing clark County, Indiana in the 1937 flood. This one shows the eastern part of the city flooded, with just a little dry land showing in the upper right had side of the picture.

This aerial photograph focuses in on the Colgate plant and the homes surrounding it. There are many roofs of houses and cars visible. The Colgate Clock shows the time as twenty til four. The struts of the plane are clearly defined in this picture...

Spring Street appears in this February 1937 image. Buildings one either side show holes where windows and doors used to be closed in, torn awnings, debris held fast against walls by receding waters and a house floating off its moorings in the...

The two slides show images of the same house, the first during the flood in January 1937 and the second, a few weeks later in February 1937. The purpose was to show how much damage occurred six blocks north of the river.

The first slide picture was probably taken in the spring or summer of 1937, based on the flowers on the porch and steps, the trees and full bushes. It shows a middle class home of one ground floor with front and side porches, windows and enough...

The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...